Why Does Unverified Reports Get Reported as News?

Why does is this report of a Korean being murdered in Kuwait given any credibility?

The government is examining a Reuters report that a group calling itself the “Kuwait Mujahideen” killed a Korean national in Kuwait.
Reuters reported on Saturday that the group claimed in a statement on a website it killed several Kuwaiti soldiers, three U.S. soldiers and a Korean in a shootout. But in a follow-up report Reuters quoted a Kuwaiti security official as saying that one militant had been killed and only two Kuwaiti policemen hurt in a gun battle with members of an armed Islamic group.

If this was true wouldn’t it be all over Fox and CNN by now? Shouldn’t the Korean media wait to see if a report is true before reporting it. I could start my own extremist website today and post claims of killing Koreans. Would the Korean media report that too? This is an old terrorist tactic to put out false claims of killings to add to the perception of chaos in the country. It is the same as civilian casualties. Claim as much civilian casualties as possible even if they are not true just to create the perception. Look at the threats made against the Korean soldiers in Iraq. Has anyone actually made an attempt yet to kill any Korean soldiers? No, but they are going to keep making threats to add to the perception that the Korean soldiers are under immediate danger and shouldn’t be in Iraq though they are in a peaceful area of Kurdistan. With news media like the Korean media ready to report anything no matter how unvalidated, it plays right into the hands of the terrorists. Perception is greater than reality. A little Terrorism 101 for you.